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sumarians
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| profesional writers | scribes |
| a region in south west Asia that was the site of the worlds first civilization | fertile cresent |
| a city in a independent state | city state |
| a belief in many gods | polythesim |
| story about gods which explains peoples beliefs | myths |
| an area of many territories and peoples that is control of one goverment | empire |
| center of babylonion empire | babylon |
| group of travelers | caravan |
| markets | bazaars |
| a powerful weapon having a wooden beam mounted on wheels | battering ram |
| orginized list of laws | code |
| ruled babylonia from about 1792 to 1750 B.C. | hammurabi |
| scribes combined symbols to make groups of wedges and lines | cuneiform |
| A set of symbols that represents the sounds of language. | alphabet |
| a belief in one god | monotheism |
| is a time when there is little food that many people starve. | famine |
| means to force people to live in another place or country. | exile |